diff --git a/package/darwin/dfhack b/package/darwin/dfhack
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index 000000000..62407342a
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+++ b/package/darwin/dfhack
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+#!/bin/sh
+PWD=`dirname "${0}"`
+#thanks to Iriel for figuring this out
+OSREV=`uname -r | cut -d. -f1`
+if [ "$OSREV" -ge 11 ] ; then
+	export DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=./hack/libdfhack.dylib
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}/hack:${PWD}/libs
+	export DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=${PWD}/hack:${PWD}/libs
+else
+	export DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=./hack/libdfhack.dylib
+	export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}/hack:${PWD}/libs
+	export DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH=${PWD}/hack:${PWD}/libs
+fi
+export DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE=1
+cd "${PWD}"; ./dwarfort.exe
diff --git a/package/darwin/dfhack-run b/package/darwin/dfhack-run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..865c8bd21
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+++ b/package/darwin/dfhack-run
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+DF_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+cd "${DF_DIR}"
+
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PWD}/hack:${PWD}/libs
+export DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=${PWD}/hack${PWD}/libs
+
+exec hack/dfhack-run "$@"